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You may be tired of all the heat we’ve experienced over the summer and looking forward to cooler weather. While I don’t think we are going to see any early season snow storms this year, you might enjoy reading about some of the earliest major fall snow storms that the US has experienced. You can…
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Now that cooler temperatures have finally returned to the Southeast, it is time to think about fall and the change of colors. There are a number of websites available to help you find times and places to see peak colors. Country Living highlighted a map which shows how peak color moves from north to south…
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In the past week I’ve seen two very interesting stories about the increase in coastal flooding in recent years. NASA News reported that while the threat of rising seas due to warming oceans is very real, the phenomenon of large coastal cities sinking has not been well reported. Extraction of groundwater or fossil fuels, and…
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AgWeb had an interesting story today on how some farmers are finding meteors in their fields as rocks rise to the surface each year under the influence of repeated frosts. If they are big, they can be sold to a collector or donated to a local museum. You can read about it here.
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Eleven years ago, Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Gulf Coast. One of the hardest hit areas was the Mississippi Coast, where Stennis Air Force Base is located. Many NOAA personnel were located there and suffered severe personal losses from the direct hit. Last year they put together a story site which contains information about…
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The University of Georgia recently received two automated weather stations from the WeatherSTEM network, a nationwide network of weather observers focusing on improving education on atmospheric and other sciences like oceanography and astronomy. You can see the output from our stations by going to https://athensclarke.weatherstem.com/ or visit WeatherSTEM for more information at https://www.weatherstem.com/. WeatherSTEM provides educational…
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While assessment of total agricultural damages from the flooding near Baton Rouge LA will await a more comprehensive look once people and animals are safe and roads are safe to travel, an initial assessment of potential losses from the second rice crop could be as much as $14 million, according to an article in AgWeb…